Robert Elias family papers

Identifier
irn45085
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.14.1
Dates
1 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Norwegian
  • Hungarian
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn45085

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Elias

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Robert Elias in 2012.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents and photographs relating to Miksa Elias and Erna Berger Elias. The collection includes a 1945 copy of a forced labor brigade workbook; travel permit from Vienna to Csenger, Hungary issued in May 1945; Ketubah issued on October 16, 1898 to Hertzko Hakohen and Hentshe, daughter of Yakov in Mateszalka (donor's maternal great grandparents); Ketubah issued February 10, 1924 to Yonatan Benjamin, son of Abraham Yehuda and Miriam daughter of Naftali Hertzko (donor's maternal grandparents); Norwegian travel document, notice from World Jewish Congress notifying donor's maternal great aunt, that her niece and nephew did not survive the Holocaust, as well as affidavit from Nathan Altschuler, of New York, and some of his financial records, related to his support for the Elias family's immigration application.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.